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EASTER TERM 2024

The B Club

Thursday 2 May

Professor Eric Brown (Washington University St Louis), 'Diogenes and the Cynics, cosmpolitans and anarchists'
5pm*, Room 1.11 of the Faculty of Classics

(*Start time may have to be moved a little later to allow colleagues to attend presentations from candidates shortlisted for a University Assistant Professorship in Latin Literature.  More details tbc.)

The Philological Society

Thursday 9 May

Prof. Rachel Barney (University of Toronto), ‘Protagoras and the Art of Argument’

4.30pm, Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College [with AGM prior to the paper]

The Monday Seminar

We will be discussing aspects of the philosophical thought of Prodicus of Ceos.

The first meeting will be at 4.30 on Monday 29 April in room 1.11 of the Faculty of Classics.  Laura Castelli will lead the discussion of Prodicus on language.

The Mayweek seminar

28-31 May: Aristotle De Anima book 1.  (For information, contact Gábor Betegh: gb230@cam.ac.uk)

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This summer Professor Caroline Vout is co-curating an Olympic Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body' which looks back on the pivotal moment, 100 years ago, when traditions and trailblazers collided, fusing the Olympics’ classical legacy with the European avant-garde spirit. It was a...

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This year Professor Dame Mary Beard is due to give The Sir Robert Rede's Lecture on Friday 3 May 2024. She will speak on the topic 'The boy who breathed on the glass at the British Museum': what, or whom, is the past for?' If you would like to attend the event, you are most welcome but booking is essential: register for...

Election of two new Professors in the Faculty of Classics

27 March 2024

The Faculty is delighted to announce the election of Professor Josephine (Jo) Crawley Quinn to the Professorship of Ancient History and Professor Serafina Cuomo to the A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture . Jo will join the Faculty on 1 January 2025 and will be the first woman to hold the Professorship of Ancient...

Craven Seminar 2024

26 March 2024

The programme for the Craven Seminar 2024, ‘Interface Interpretation: exegesis as encounter in Greco-Roman literature’ , is now available online . This will be an in-person event. Please click here to register.